The Top 10 Greatest Moments in
Oglethorpe Athletic History

You've made the nominations and have
cast your votes. Now it's time to start unveiling the 10 Greatest
Moments in Oglethorpe Athletic History as voted on by Stormy Petrel
fans and alumni across the country. Every Friday we will announce
the Top 10 moments starting February 12, 2010 with moment
number ten until revealing the number one moment during Alumni
Weekend April 16-18, 2010.

Moment No. 10:
March 1, 2009

March 1, 2009 - The Oglethorpe University
women's basketball team secures the school's first Southern
Collegiate Athletic Conference title in any women's sport by
toppling the Trinity Tigers, 82-65, in Conway, Arkansas in the SCAC
Women's Basketball Championship Game.

The title clinching victory over Trinity was the culmination of
four years of hard work by the women's basketball class of 2009 who
compiled a staggering 96-26 overall record while on campus and made
four straight trips to the NCAA Tournament. That's quite an
accomplishment for a group of young ladies who arrived on campus in
the fall of 2005 to play for a program that had never recorded more
than 12 victories in a season.

The Petrels barnstormed their way into the 2009 Championship
Game by dispatching Millsaps in the quarterfinals (70-56) and
dismantling Centre in the semifinals (71-51). Oglethorpe took to
the floor in the title game boasting a sparkling 24-3 overall
record but one of those defeats had come at the hands of the
Trinity Tigers in San Antonio, Texas on January 25, 2009 by the
score of 85-72. The Tigers held the Petrels to 31% shooting (26-83)
in that contest so Oglethorpe knew if they wanted to hoist the
trophy and exact revenge, they'd have to play well.

And play well, they did. The Petrels flipped the script on the
Tigers from their January defeat, sinking 17 of 27 first half shots
(63%) on their way to building a 40-33 halftime lead. The
shots continued to fall in the second stanza as well (16-29) and
Oglethorpe pounded out a 20 point second half cushion before
winning rather easily, 82-65. The Petrels shot 59% (33-56) for the
game and out-rebounded the substantially taller Tiger squad,
34-25.

The senior class for Oglethorpe dominated the title winning
game, scoring all but 3 of Oglethorpe's 82 points. Anna Findley
(who was later named a D3hoops.com All-America) led the charge by
knocking down 11 of 16 shots, including 5 of 9 from downtown, en
route to a game-high 27 points. Katie Kulavic (who was later named
a State Farm All-America) connected on 9 of 13 shots on her way to
24 points and 3 steals in the watershed victory. Tina Grace
converted 8 of 13 from the field and posted a double-double with 18
points and 10 rebounds while teammate Biz Richmann controlled the
glass with a game-high 15 rebounds. Fifth starter Hannah Brooks
showed her steady, all-around game by leading the team in assists
with 6, grabbing 5 rebounds and forcing a steal.

The accompanying photo shows the senior class hoisting their
championship hardware and cementing themselves in Oglethorpe
athletic lore with the school's first conference championship in
any women's sport.

Moment No. 9:
Spring, 1968

Spring, 1968 - Robbie Smith leads the
Oglethorpe University tennis program to new heights with his
stellar play on the courts. He advanced to the April 1968 finals of
the Georgia Intercollegiate Tennis Championships by defeating the
University of Georgia's best player, Bill Shippey, in the
semifinals. In the championship match, Smith topped John Gilbart
from Georgia Tech to earn the crown and an automatic invitation to
the NCAA Division II Championships.

The 1968 NCAA Division II Championships were held in Fort Worth,
Texas in May and Smith continued his hot play representing
Oglethorpe on the courts by advancing all the way to the
quarterfinals. To date, Smith's accomplishment still stands as the
furthest any individual male or female tennis player has advanced
in an NCAA Championship event in Oglethorpe athletic history.

In addition to his record setting performance in the singles
competition, Smith also paired with Oglethorpe teammate Joe Dennis
to advance all the way to the Round of 16 before falling. Like his
accomplishment in singles, the doubles pairing with Dennis also
captured the highest finish of any tennis duo in Oglethorpe history
at an NCAA Championship event.

The accompanying photo shows both Smith and Dennis in the
1967-1968 Oglethorpe University tennis team photo taken on campus.
Smith is shown kneeling as the third person from the left and
Dennis is the one standing directly behind him.

Moment No. 8:
May 5, 1992

May 5, 1992 - Oglethorpe senior women's track
and field athlete Jean Faasse nearly propels the Petrels to the
1992 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Track and
Field Championship title held in Jackson, Mississippi by amassing
45 individual points in seven different events. The Stormy Petrel
team posted 163.5 points to finish in third place, just two points
behind Centre College in second place and a scant 9.5 points shy of
first place finisher Sewanee.

Faasse recorded a second place finish in the long jump with a
leap of 14' 8 3/4"and posted a third place result in the triple
jump by travelling 31' 10 ½". On the track, she
finished second in the 400 meters with a time of 1:03.46 as well as
claiming another second place finish in the 400 meters hurdles with
a time of 1:10.53. Additionally, she recorded a fourth place finish
in the 200 meters and anchored the 400 and 1600 meters relay teams
to a third place finish in each.

Faasse's incredible all-around performance still stands as the
tenth most points accumulated in SCAC history by an individual at
the Conference Championships and earned her a place in the
Oglethorpe University Athletics Hall of Fame as the first female
track athlete to ever be enshrined.

In the accompanying photo of the 1992 men's and women's track
teams, Jean Faasse is the third person (from right to left) seated
on the first row in the dark sweatshirt. Past and current men's and
women's track and cross country coach Bob Unger is shown on the
back row in the upper right hand corner.

Moment No. 7:
February 13, 1994

The Oglethorpe University men's basketball team wins the
school's first ever Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
Championship in dramatic fashion as senior Brian Davis banks in a
three-pointer off the glass at the buzzer to stun the Trinity
University Tigers in overtime in the Dorough Field House, 72-71.

The Stormy Petrels entered the game against Trinity riding a
twelve game winning streak and stood at 18-3 on the season with a
perfect 10-0 record in SCAC play. Head Coach Jack Berkshire knew
going into the contest against the arch-rival Tigers that an
Oglethorpe victory meant clinching the school's first SCAC title
and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. What he didn't know
was the fashion in which the Petrels would do so.

The two teams battled to a stalemate after the first forty
minutes and, with the score still tied, the game headed into
overtime. The Petrels found themselves in a precarious position,
trailing Trinity 71-69 with less than 10 seconds remaining with the
Tigers having a man at the free throw line. During a timeout, Coach
Berkshire instructed a team that included four future Oglethorpe
Hall of Famers - Davis ‘94, Cornell Longino '96, Andy Schutt
'96 and Ryan Vickers '98 - how to attack the Tigers following a
made or missed free throw.

The free throw was missed and what happened in the next 10 seconds
became part of Oglethorpe athletic lore. Davis corralled the
rebound and hit guard Tripp Pierson with an outlet pass. Pierson
raced up the court but picked up his dribble on the left wing 25
feet from the hoop. As the Trinity defenders swarmed Pierson, he
made the only pass he could - to his trailer on the play: Brian
Davis. With the clock set to expire and to the surprise of his
teammates, Davis rose from the top of the key to attempt the first
three-pointer of his career. The shot hurtled towards the basket
and to the delight of the Stormy Petrel faithful, caromed off the
backboard into the net to give Oglethorpe an improbable 72-71 OT
victory and a berth in the 1994 NCAA Tournament.

The Stormy Petrels went on to host their first NCAA Tournament
game in school history, a 91-79 loss to Hampden Sydney to finish
the season at 20-6 and the champions of the SCAC. Davis led the
conference in field goal percentage (.635) for the second straight
season and was named the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
Men's Basketball Player-of-the-Year for his efforts.

The accompanying photo shows the 1993-1994 men's basketball team
at their postseason banquet with their championship trophy on full
display. Davis is the third man standing on the stairs on the left
in glasses behind assistant men's basketball coach at the time, Jim
Owen, in the dark golf shirt. Schutt is standing in the center of
the photo on the back row in a dark button down shirt and Pierson
is standing directly to his left. Longino is standing on the right
stairs directly behind Head Coach Berkshire in the suit. Vickers is
seated on the second row of the stairs behind Jim Bowling who is
holding the championship trophy.

Moment No. 6:
May 13, 2004

Oglethorpe men’s golfer Trent Erb caps a scintillating
senior season by receiving the 2003-2004 Jack Nicklaus Award for
National Player-of-the-Year at the 2004 NCAA Division III
Men’s Golf Championships held at the PGA of Southern
California Golf Course at Oak Valley. In the final round of his
Oglethorpe career, Erb carded a Championship Day Four one-under par
71 to move him into a tie for third place individually and cement
his status as the Division III Men’s Player-of-the-Year.

Erb positioned himself nicely as one of six regional finalists
for the Jack Nicklaus Award after an outstanding fall season. His
candidacy soared in April of 2004 when he won his second
consecutive Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s
Golfer-of-the-Year award by earning medalist honors at the 36-hole
conference championship event.

Playing for the 2004 SCAC Title at the Renaissance Pine Isle
Resort at Lake Lanier, Georgia, Erb posted a two-day total of 144
(71-73) to finish in a tie with Hendrix Colleges’ Justin
Long. Erb then bested Long in the one hole playoff on the par 4
pavilion 18th hole into a peninsula green to claim the
victory. The two-day total of 144 is the sixth best total posted
during the 36-hole Conference Championship set-up. The previous
year, Erb won his first SCAC Golfer-of-the-Year title by carding a
total of 141 (72-69) at the Hulman Links Golf Course in Terra
Haute, Indiana. The 141 stands as the second best total in SCAC
history at a men’s golf championship event.

Erb stepped onto the PGA of Southern California Golf Course at Oak
Valley as the favorite to claim the Jack Nicklaus Award and,
despite a shaky start, did not disappoint on his way to the
status-cementing third place finish. He carded rounds of
74-72—72-71 for total of one-over par 289 to finish just
seven strokes behind Arnold Palmer award winner Chad Polling of
Ohio Wesleyan. Erb was announced as the Jack Nicklaus Award winner
following the conclusion of Day Four in front of a packed crowd in
front of the clubhouse scoreboard.

In addition to collecting the Jack Nicklaus Award, Erb also
captured the 2003-2004 Golfstat Cup given to the player at each
Division with the lowest season scoring average. Erb finished his
senior season with a 72.67 scoring average to earn the distinction
amongst Division III golfers while current PGA Tour phenom Bill
Haas of Wake Forest won the Division I honors that same year. Other
Golfstat Cup winners over the years have included PGA stalwarts
Hunter Mahan, Graeme McDowell, Luke Donald and Tiger Woods.

In the accompanying photo, Erb is shown lining up at putt at the
2004 Jekyll Island Collegiate Invitational, a tournament the
Oglethorpe University’s men’s golf program will host
for the eleventh straight year next weekend, March 19-21, 2010.

Moment No. 5:
September 25, 1926 and September 28, 1929

After six years of
trying, Oglethorpe tops Georgia Tech 7-6 in football in front of
10,000 fans at Grant Field on September 25, 1926 when halfback "Cy"
Bell gallops for a 42 yard touchdown run and "Nutty" Campbell
connects for the game-winning extra point. Three years later, Bell
duplicated his heroics with a 64-yard touchdown gallop in the
fourth quarter to break a 7-7 tie and top the Georgia Bulldogs 13-7
on Sanford Field in Athens on September 28, 1929. Both victories
were athletic milestones in Oglethorpe lore and stand together to
make Greatest Moment No. 5.

The best descriptions of
these outstanding achievements come from Oglethorpe historian Paul
Hudson in his essay "Flight of the Stormy Petrel: The Glory Years
of Oglethorpe University Athletics" and are included below,
beginning with his account of the stirring Stormy Petrel victory
over Georgia Tech.

"The turning point in the
game came midway in the third quarter. Oglethorpe quarterback
Kenneth ‘Nutty’ Campbell, the apparent ball carrier,
raced around right end; however, after the shift the ball had, if
fact, been snapped directly to freshman halfback Columbus
‘Cy’ Bell. The fake worked beautifully. Bell dashed
around left end unchallenged at first. When the Tech defenders
recovered, Bell executed a shifting broken field run that ended
with a swan dive into the end zone. Reliable ‘Nutty’
Campbell’s dropkick on the point after the touchdown was
good. The 7-0 lead held up until the end of the fourth quarter,
when Tech scored a touchdown. But Oglethorpe smothered the extra
point attempt and thus earned one of the most startling upsets
southern football has ever known."

"At the end of the game,
the scene enacted by the Oglethorpe fans was pure bedlam. Folks
simply could not believe what they had seen. The Oglethorpe fans
formed an impromptu street parade ‘which ruined streetcar
schedules and the peace of downtown Atlanta.’ The Atlanta
Constitution proclaimed Oglethorpe as ‘champion of
Atlanta and environs.’"

Of the victory over the
Georgia Bulldogs, Hudson wrote the following:

"Bell was also the hero
in Oglethorpe’s 13-7 victory in 1929 over the University of
Georgia. The contest was noteworthy because it was the last game
scheduled for Athens’s historic old Sanford Field before the
dedication of Sanford Stadium. Yale, in its first southern
appearance, was to be the next week’s opponent in the
dedicatory game in the new facility. Georgia’s heavily
favored Bulldogs, under Coach Harry Mehre, probably looked past the
Petrels in anticipation of the coming game against Yale."

"After three quarters the
Oglethorpe-Georgia game was, surprisingly, scoreless. Then the
Petrels blocked a kick in Georgia’s end zone, and Oglethorpe
led 7-0. Georgia quickly retaliated to tie the game. Very late in
the contest, according to sportswriter Bill Munday of the Atlanta
Georgian, ‘evolved one of the most spectacular plays in the
annals of American football.’ Oglethorpe halfback Cy Bell
took a handoff and started slowly to the right for an apparent end
run. As the Bulldogs rushed to meet him, Bell completely reversed
into the open field. Picking up a key block, he sped sixty yards
untouched by anyone on the Georgia team."

The accompanying photo shows Kenneth "Nutty" Campbell
who kicked the game-winning extra point against Georgia Tech and
later went on to become a football coach for the Petrels.

Moment No. 4: Spring, 1930

Future Major League
Baseball Hall of Famer Luke Appling leads Oglethorpe to an
undefeated season and the Southern Intercollegiate Baseball
Championshipin the spring of 1930. Head
Coach Frank Anderson assembled a team of future professionals with
names like Wall (signed with Buffalo of the International League),
Kimbrell (signed with Brooklyn Dodgers), Holcomb (signed with
Boston Braves) and Martin (signed with Atlanta Crackers of the
Southern League), but it was Appling, a native of High Point, North
Carolina, who piloted the team to its unblemished record and place
in Oglethorpe athletic lore.

The magical 1930 season on the
baseball diamond now named for Coach Anderson inside Hermance
Stadium saw the Stormy Petrels compile a 15-0 record that included
seven wins over major college teams and two victories over
professional competition. Oglethorpe began the 1930 campaign with
back-to-back wins (7-3, 5-4) over Clemson University on then-named
Hermance Field. The Petrels followed those huge season-opening wins
against major college competition with an easy 9-4 win over the
"Soldier Boys" of Fort Benning to set up a three-game series
against their arch rival at the time – the Georgia Tech
Yellow Jackets.

Played on the historic "Flats" at
Georgia Tech, the Stormy Petrels survived two nail biters against
the Jackets, winning game one 5-4 and game two 5-3 before
demolishing Tech on their home field in the series finale, 14-3. At
6-0 on the season and with their confidence buoyed, Oglethorpe then
travelled to Athens and swept the Georgia Bulldogs in consecutive
games, 7-0 and 10-3. Birmingham-Southern then came to Hermance
Field, only to fall victims to a Petrel offensive onslaught to lose
by the scores of 15-3 and 11-5.

With a perfect 10-0 mark,
Oglethorpe headed to Macon for their final hurdle in their quest to
claim the 1930 Southern Intercollegiate Baseball Championship: the
Mercer College Bears. The Petrels battled through two nip-and-tuck
affairs in game one and two, edging the Bears 9-7 and 11-10. In the
series finale, Oglethorpe cemented the title by trouncing Mercer
12-4 on an afternoon where Appling bid farewell to his collegiate
career by smashing an incredible three home runs.

With the Southern Championship already
decided, the Petrels punctuated their historic undefeated season by
adding two victories (3-1, 5-1) over Carrollton, a team of pros
competing in the Southern League. Appling signed with the Atlanta
Crackers later in the summer of 1930 and ultimately went on to play
twenty remarkable seasons at short stop for Major League
Baseball’s Chicago White Sox. He was inducted into the MLB
Hall of Fame in 1964.

Oglethorpe guard Anna Findley puts the women’s hoops team
on her back and scores 44 points – including making a
school-record 8 three-pointers – to lift the Stormy Petrels
past Kean University on their home floor in Union, New Jersey and
into the 2008 NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Final
Four.

Though the tournament run to the 2008 Final Four began with a
victory over Piedmont College in Florence, Kentucky, the run
really began in the fall of 2005 when Findley, Katie
Kulavic, Elizabeth “Biz” Richmann, Tina Grace and
Hannah Brooks stepped on campus as freshmen. They took a program
that had never won more than 12 games in a season to consecutive
20-win seasons and trips to the NCAA Tournament in both their
freshman and sophomore seasons. Still, few expected this group of
Oglethorpe juniors to advance to the 2008 Sweet Sixteen, let alone
the Final Four, yet they managed to conquer all doubters with their
play on the court.

The 2008 Final Four run began with the aforementioned win over
Piedmont (91-78) on the home floor of Thomas More College in
Florence, Kentucky. That victory marked the women’s
basketball program’s first in NCAA Tournament play and served
as a springboard for some titanic upsets to come. On the following
night, Oglethorpe toppled previously unbeaten and No. 1 ranked
Thomas More (65-55) on their home floor to advance to the Sweet
Sixteen. From there, the Petrels made their trek to Union, New
Jersey for their final two improbable wins of the season: over
William Smith (69-63) in the Sectional Semifinal and then over No.
4 Kean University (96-86) in the Sectional Finals when Findley
exploded for her 44 points.

The team travelled to Holland, Michigan for the Final Four and
ultimately fell in the semifinals to Messiah College (80-60) but
not before Head Coach Ron Sattele and his group of juniors had
served the nation with notice that the Petrels were a basketball
power to stay on the national scene. The 2007-2008 squad finished
with a 27-7 overall record and their fourth place NCAA finish is
the highest any women’s team has compiled in Oglethorpe
history.

The accompanying photo shows Anna Findley driving past a Messiah
defender in the National Semifinal game played on Hope
College’s home floor on March 21, 2008.

Moment No. 2: March 14, 1963

The Oglethorpe men’s basketball team with Head
Coach Garland Pinholster’s revolutionary wheel offense runs
all the way to the NCAA Division II Final Four held in Evansville,
Indiana before losing to Wittenberg 46-37 in front of 18,526 rabid
fans. The Stormy Petrels won the third place game the following day
over highly-touted Southern Illinois by the score of 68-64 for the
University’s highest NCAA finish in any team sport until
2009.

Oglethorpe accepted an invitation to the tournament
with the No. 36 ranking in the country and few expected the
miraculous run to take place. But, by the time Oglethorpe reached
Evansville, they had made converts of the national media who
realized the Petrels and their number one ranked defense in the
nation were a true force to be reckoned with. Bud Johnson, the NCAA
publicity director for the 1963 Tournament said after watching
Oglethorpe compete on the national stage, "The best team may have
won this tournament, but the smartest team left for Atlanta
Saturday morning with third place and a few bad moments to
remember."

The "bad moments" Johnson refers to were the griping
of Oglethorpe opponents about their steady, patient brand of
basketball and a dubious call by referee Stanley Maychock that many
believed cost the Petrels the semifinal game against Wittenberg.

The griping began after Oglethorpe knocked off
Philadelphia University in the quarterfinals, 36-34, and
Philadelphia Head Coach Bucky Harris took issue with the Petrels
deliberate style of play, saying, "I had made up my mind that we
would man-to-man them the entire game. But when I saw their size I
decided to go to the zone defense. I wish we had played the
man-to-man and gotten beat 50 points and it least had a little
fun." Pinholster responded to Harris’s complaint with this
classic response during postgame interviews, "Funny thing. My boys
must be different. I went back into the dressing room and they were
laughing and carrying on like they enjoyed winning. I’m sorry
to hear Coach Harris didn’t enjoy his trip, but if he really
didn’t mind getting beaten by 50 points, all he had to do was
go into that man-to-man at the start of the game and he would have
seen just that."

The dubious call in the Wittenberg contest by referee
Maychock occurred in the game’s overtime period with the two
teams knotted at 35 apiece. Ball in hand, Oglethorpe planned to
milk the clock for the game’s final shot before Maychock
called a violation on Oglethorpe’s Ray Thomas with 1:18 to
play for "not advancing the ball past an imaginary line within five
seconds." Though the rule existed, it was rarely called, especially
in a game of such significance. Maychock made the call, however,
and Wittenberg took possession and went on to victory.

Despite the controversy, Oglethorpe had captured the hearts of
basketball fans across the country and Pinholster, with the true
class of a gentleman, refused to comment on the ill-timed call,
rather focusing on the team’s incredible achievement.
Tournament publicity director Bud Johnson went on in his praise of
Oglethorpe to say, "I only know of one way a team could escape a
Garland Pinholster defense. That would be to leave the floor at
halftime and not come back."

The accompanying photo shows Pinholster and players arriving at the
Atlanta Airport to a heroes welcome after their remarkable third
place finish.

Moment
No. 1: May 16, 2009

The Oglethorpe University men’s golf team wins the 2009
NCAA Division III Men’s Golf Championship held at the PGA
Village in Port St. Lucie, Florida by erasing a four stroke deficit
on the final day of the tournament to claim the school’s
first NCAA title in any sport. Their cold-blooded come-from-behind
victory stands as the greatest moment in Oglethorpe athletics
history as voted on by Stormy Petrel fans and alumni.

Oglethorpe chased down Methodist University, the 54-hole leader,
and held off a charging University of La Verne to earn the
Championship win. The Petrels finished with a four day total of
12-over par 1164 to best La Verne who came in at 16-over par 1168.

Oglethorpe sophomore Olafur Loftsson (Reyjakvic, Iceland) fired
a final round 3-under par 69 to come from behind to win individual
medalist honors at the Championship. Loftsson finished in a tie
with La Verne’s Mitchell Fedorka and bested him on the first
playoff hole to win the Arnold Palmer award for tournament
medalist. For the four day tournament, Loftsson finished with a
score of 285, good for 3-under par.

Stormy Petrel freshman Colin Chapman (Franklin, North Carolina)
fired a final round of 1-under par and finished in a tie for 11th
place overall. Oglethorpe junior Scott Pugh (Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania) carded a tournament total of 296 (8-over) to finish
in a tie for 15th place while senior Hap Kaufold (Albany, Georgia)
came home with a total of 298 to finish tied for 27th place.
Freshman Matt Bernstein (Atlanta, Georgia) carded a four day total
of 305 and finished tied for 51st.

Oglethorpe head golf coach Jim Owen, a fifteen year veteran
coaching the team, said, “This is a great day for Oglethorpe
athletics. I could not be more proud of our guys for bringing home
the school’s first championship. They certainly earned it
with their stellar play on the course.”

The accompanying photo shows the 2009 Championship team
celebrating with their newly collected hardware off the
18th green at the PGA Villages in Port St. Lucie,
Florida.

The Oglethorpe University men’s golf team wins the 2009
NCAA Division III Men’s Golf Championship held at the PGA
Village in Port St. Lucie, Florida by erasing a four stroke deficit
on the final day of the tournament to claim the school’s
first NCAA title in any sport. Their cold-blooded come-from-behind
victory stands as the greatest moment in Oglethorpe athletics
history as voted on by Stormy Petrel fans and alumni.

Oglethorpe chased down Methodist University, the 54-hole leader,
and held off a charging University of La Verne to earn the
Championship win. The Petrels finished with a four day total of
12-over par 1164 to best La Verne who came in at 16-over par 1168.

Oglethorpe sophomore Olafur Loftsson (Reyjakvic, Iceland) fired
a final round 3-under par 69 to come from behind to win individual
medalist honors at the Championship. Loftsson finished in a tie
with La Verne’s Mitchell Fedorka and bested him on the first
playoff hole to win the Arnold Palmer award for tournament
medalist. For the four day tournament, Loftsson finished with a
score of 285, good for 3-under par.

Stormy Petrel freshman Colin Chapman (Franklin, North Carolina)
fired a final round of 1-under par and finished in a tie for 11th
place overall. Oglethorpe junior Scott Pugh (Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania) carded a tournament total of 296 (8-over) to finish
in a tie for 15th place while senior Hap Kaufold (Albany, Georgia)
came home with a total of 298 to finish tied for 27th place.
Freshman Matt Bernstein (Atlanta, Georgia) carded a four day total
of 305 and finished tied for 51st.

Oglethorpe head golf coach Jim Owen, a fifteen year veteran
coaching the team, said, “This is a great day for Oglethorpe
athletics. I could not be more proud of our guys for bringing home
the school’s first championship. They certainly earned it
with their stellar play on the course.”

The accompanying photo shows the 2009 Championship team
celebrating with their newly collected hardware off the
18th green at the PGA Villages in Port St. Lucie,
Florida.